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Carrington Akosa Western Tech, sprints, senior Akosa won the Class 1A 200- and 400-meter state titles last spring. He also runs on relays and always gives the Wolverines points. Robert Carter Long Reach, sprints, senior Carter combined with Tosin Oyewole to help the Lightning with the Class 3A indoor state title. Carter won the state title in the 55-meter hurdles there, edging out City's Robert Miller. Ryan Forsyth Severna Park, distance, senior Forsyth won state titles in cross country and indoor track and was The Baltimore Sun's All-Metro Runner of the Year during the fall season.

1. McDonogh Last season: ranked No. 1 Postseason: Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland champions Outlook: The Eagles will once again score points all over the place, thanks in part to their depth. They will again be tough to beat, especially in smaller meets. 2. Milford Mill Last season: ranked No. 4 Postseason: third in Class 3A Outlook: The Millers just missed winning an indoor title, falling one-half point short of the Class 3A championship.

2 Teams - Howard (Class 3A) and Western Tech (Class 1A) - that lost the state title by just one point last year. 10 Consecutive Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland championships won by McDonogh in outdoor track. 111 Points scored by Western Tech in the state meet last spring, good enough only for second place in Class 1A. That total would have won in any of the other classes.

Trying to pick an outdoor track and field event in the spring of 2012, Hereford's Kaity Lynch eventually settled on the pole vault. At first, Lynch occasionally wondered about that decision. Racing down a runway with an 11- or 12-foot pole felt awkward, and there were a few shaky moments. "It was definitely scary the first couple of times," Lynch said. "But you kind of learn to trust yourself and that you know what you're doing. Once you really got used to doing it, you know you weren't going to hurt yourself.

Email rec sports copy to howardcountysports@patuxent.com by 9 a.m. on Monday. When two Howard County teams play, players from both teams (first and last names) must be mentioned in the write-up. Track and Field Ellicott City resident Anthony (Ace) Valentine won three national championships and set an all-time national record this past weekend at the USA Track and Field National Championships held in Greensboro, NC from July 23-28. For the eight and under participants, Ace (8 years old)

A former two-time first-team Baltimore Sun All-Metro honoree is running her way to the same status as just a freshman on the Harvard women's track and field team. Autumne Franklin captured the 400 hurdles title at the USA Track and Field Junior National Championships on Saturday. The McDonogh graduate capped her stellar freshman season with the personal-best finish of 57.10 in the event, the fastest time run by a junior in the world this season. Her win also earned her the chance to represent the U.S. at the Pan-Am Junior Championships in Colombia in August.

USA Basketball team member Jerami Grant of Bowie will be unable to participate in the upcoming FIBA U19 World Championship because he has been diagnosed with mononucleosis, it was announced Tuesday. USA Basketball also announced that James Robinson of Mitchellville has been selected to complete the 12-man roster. The team is in Prague preparing for the FIBA U19 World Championship, which will be held Thursday to July 7. The U.S. opens preliminary play Thursday June 27 against Ivory Coast, and then faces China on Friday June 28 and Russia on SaturdayJune 29. Second-round play will be held Monday to next WednesdayJuly 1-3, with quarterfinals, semifinal and finals scheduled for July 5-7. Track and field: Johns Hopkins rising sophomore Hannah Oneda (Winters Mill)

Century's Julian Woods was picked as the Gatorade Maryland Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year on Thursday, according to a news release. Woods, a senior who made the All-Metro first team for indoor track and outdoor track and field this year, played a big role in the Knights winning class 2A state championships in both seasones. At the indoor track state championship meet in February, Woods won the 55-meter hurdles, finished third in the 300-meter race, fourth in the 55 dash and ran on Century's third-place 4 x 200-meter relay team.